Today, for the first time, when I walked under the installed roof trusses it felt like a home. It's amazing the difference a roof makes, even when it's not yet keeping the elements at bay. Having the roof on gave me a better and deeper understanding of how the floorplan will translate into actual living space in a few short months.
The framers worked until nearly 6 p.m. last night in high winds. It was amazing to feel 35-40 mph gusts and see them staying steady on the roof. As the photo and video show, the first floor is almost fully framed, and I saw this morning that more OSB has arrived, so I'm assuming we will have exterior walls by the end of the week. Very exciting stuff!
...Quick update...
When we stopped by this evening, we were thrilled to see that they've started installing Zip System wall panels on the exterior. This will eliminate the need for Tyvek wrapping and should still provide a good air barrier and moisture control, plus it gets us LEED points should we decide to go for LEED for Homes.
Our GC expects the roof and exterior walls to be fully installed no later than next Friday--a week and a half away. He says that we're running about two weeks behind because of all the hot weather we've had, but hopes we'll be able to make some of that up in the next five or six weeks. I need to get busy ordering materials again so that I'm not holding them up. The windows may be in as soon as this Friday, but we still haven't heard a quote on the front door. At least the GC is up on it and is bearing down on the vendor. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one sweating the details.
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